Eight in Different Languages
Discover 'Eight' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Eight
Afrikaans agt | ||
Albanian tetë | ||
Amharic ስምት | ||
Arabic ثمانية | ||
Armenian ութ | ||
Assamese আঠ | ||
Aymara kimsaqallqu | ||
Azerbaijani səkkiz | ||
Bambara segin | ||
Basque zortzi | ||
Belarusian восем | ||
Bengali আট | ||
Bhojpuri आठ | ||
Bosnian osam | ||
Bulgarian осем | ||
Catalan vuit | ||
Cebuano walo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 八 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 八 | ||
Corsican ottu | ||
Croatian osam | ||
Czech osm | ||
Danish otte | ||
Dhivehi އަށެއް | ||
Dogri अट्ठ | ||
Dutch acht | ||
English eight | ||
Esperanto ok | ||
Estonian kaheksa | ||
Ewe enyi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) walo | ||
Finnish kahdeksan | ||
French huit | ||
Frisian acht | ||
Galician oito | ||
Georgian რვა | ||
German acht | ||
Greek οκτώ | ||
Guarani poapy | ||
Gujarati આઠ | ||
Haitian Creole uit | ||
Hausa takwas | ||
Hawaiian ewalu | ||
Hebrew שמונה | ||
Hindi आठ | ||
Hmong yim | ||
Hungarian nyolc | ||
Icelandic átta | ||
Igbo asatọ | ||
Ilocano walo | ||
Indonesian delapan | ||
Irish ocht | ||
Italian otto | ||
Japanese 8 | ||
Javanese wolu | ||
Kannada ಎಂಟು | ||
Kazakh сегіз | ||
Khmer ប្រាំបី | ||
Kinyarwanda umunani | ||
Konkani आठ | ||
Korean 여덟 | ||
Krio et | ||
Kurdish heşt | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەشت | ||
Kyrgyz сегиз | ||
Lao ແປດ | ||
Latin octo | ||
Latvian astoņi | ||
Lingala mwambe | ||
Lithuanian aštuoni | ||
Luganda munaana | ||
Luxembourgish aacht | ||
Macedonian осум | ||
Maithili आठि | ||
Malagasy valo | ||
Malay lapan | ||
Malayalam എട്ട് | ||
Maltese tmienja | ||
Maori waru | ||
Marathi आठ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ | ||
Mizo pariat | ||
Mongolian найм | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှစ် | ||
Nepali आठ | ||
Norwegian åtte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) eyiti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆଠ | ||
Oromo saddeet | ||
Pashto اته | ||
Persian هشت | ||
Polish osiem | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) oito | ||
Punjabi ਅੱਠ | ||
Quechua qanchis | ||
Romanian opt | ||
Russian 8 | ||
Samoan valu | ||
Sanskrit अष्ट | ||
Scots Gaelic ochd | ||
Sepedi seswai | ||
Serbian осам | ||
Sesotho robeli | ||
Shona sere | ||
Sindhi اٺ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අට | ||
Slovak osem | ||
Slovenian osem | ||
Somali sideed | ||
Spanish ocho | ||
Sundanese dalapan | ||
Swahili nane | ||
Swedish åtta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) walong | ||
Tajik ҳашт | ||
Tamil எட்டு | ||
Tatar сигез | ||
Telugu ఎనిమిది | ||
Thai แปด | ||
Tigrinya ሸሞንተ | ||
Tsonga nhungu | ||
Turkish sekiz | ||
Turkmen sekiz | ||
Twi (Akan) nwɔtwe | ||
Ukrainian вісім | ||
Urdu آٹھ | ||
Uyghur سەككىز | ||
Uzbek sakkiz | ||
Vietnamese tám | ||
Welsh wyth | ||
Xhosa sibhozo | ||
Yiddish אַכט | ||
Yoruba mẹjọ | ||
Zulu eziyisishiyagalombili |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "agt" comes from Old Dutch "achte" and Middle Low German "achte", meaning "beyond seven" |
| Albanian | "tetë" (eight) may also refer to the eighth day of a month |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ስምት" also means "an octave" in music, as it was believed the ancient scale had eight notes. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "ثمانیة" (eight) shares a root with the word "ثمن" (eighth). |
| Armenian | "Ութ" derives from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw, likely cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʔtmāniya." |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, |
| Basque | Zortzi shares a common root with |
| Belarusian | The word "восем" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *osьmь, which also means "eighth". |
| Bengali | The numeral "আট" (eight) in Bengali likely originated from the Sanskrit word "aṣṭa" or Dravidian languages. |
| Bosnian | The word "osam" also means "sweet" in some contexts. |
| Bulgarian | The word "осем" can also refer to a set of 8 symbols in Bulgarian numerology and divination. |
| Catalan | "Vuit" comes from the Latin "octo", which also means eight. |
| Cebuano | The root word “waro” means “ten” and is related to the word “walay”, meaning “there is none”. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "八" also means "separate" and is a component of the character "別" (separate). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 「八」 can symbolize "stability" or "abundance" in Chinese due to its visual resemblance to the ancient oracle bone script depicting two joined halves. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "ottu" derives from the Latin "octō" and also means "week". |
| Croatian | Osam is also Croatian for "very good," from the Ottoman Turkish "çok güzel," "very beautiful." |
| Czech | The word "osm" also means "axis" in Czech, as well as being used in the phrase "na osu", meaning "on axis". |
| Danish | The Danish word "otte" (eight) originates from the Proto-Germanic word *ahtau which also meant "plenty, abundance". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "acht" is cognate with the German word "acht" and the English word "eight". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "ok" shares an origin with the English word "okay" and connotes approval, but does not mean "eight". |
| Estonian | The word "kaheksa" in Estonian is thought to be derived from the Proto-Finnic word "kahtekxa", meaning "eight-legged" (referring to a spider). |
| Finnish | The word "kahdeksan" may derive from the Proto-Uralic word *kaktek, meaning "four and four", suggesting that the base-ten system was adopted later. |
| French | "Huit" is an old French word meaning "night" or "dark". It is related to the Latin word "nox" meaning "night". |
| Frisian | The word "acht" in Frisian comes from Proto-West Germanic *ehto, meaning "possession". |
| Galician | "Oito" also means "eight" in Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish. |
| Georgian | The word "რვა" is related to Sanskrit "ashta" and Avestan "asta", both meaning "eight". |
| German | In Middle High German, the word "acht" could also mean "proscription, banishment". |
| Greek | The word "οκτώ" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱtṓ, meaning "boundary". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "આઠ" also means "eight" in Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. |
| Haitian Creole | "Uit" also means "outside" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Hausa 'takwas' originated from Arabic 'tamāniya' and is also a unit of currency roughly equal to a US dollar. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "ewalu" for "eight" is related to the word "wā" meaning "split" or "divided". |
| Hebrew | שמונה also means "fat" in Aramaic, and shares a connection to "abundance." |
| Hindi | "आठ" (oath) likely stems from the Proto-Indo-European word ("okto/oxtou"). |
| Hmong | "Yim" in Hmong can also refer to an "elder brother" or "father's younger brother". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "nyolc" also exists in Finnish (with different meaning and pronunciation) and is cognate with the Russian "восемь" and other Balto-Slavic words for "eight." |
| Icelandic | Despite its resemblance to the German "acht", "átta" is not related and instead comes from Proto-Germanic *ahtō, whose cognates include Dutch "acht" and Swedish "åtta". |
| Igbo | The word 'asatọ' in Igbo can also be used to refer to a group of eight people. |
| Indonesian | The word 'delapan' comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, and is also used in Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese. |
| Irish | "Ocht" has possible origins in Proto-Indo-European "*h₃eḱtōw" meaning "eight" or "*oḱtō" meaning "eight". |
| Italian | Otto can also refer to a small piece of furniture used to rest your feet |
| Japanese | The character for "8" in Japanese can also mean "a lot" or "many". |
| Javanese | "Wolu" in Javanese, derived from the Sanskrit "ashta," also denotes a group or set of eight. |
| Kannada | The word "ಎಂಟು" is used in some contexts to refer to something which has been repeated seven times. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "сегіз" ("eight") comes from the Proto-Turkic word *segiz, meaning "twice four". |
| Korean | In some dialects, 여덟 (yeodeol) can also mean "nine". |
| Kurdish | The word "heşt" may also be used as an adjective or a verb in Kurdish, meaning "eighth" or "to cut into eight parts," respectively. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "сегиз" also means "the Milky Way". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ແປດ" can also mean "to divide into eight parts". |
| Latin | "Octo" derives from Proto-Indo-European "*h₁oḱtṓw" and is related to Greek " októō" and Sanskrit " aṣṭá." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "astoņi" is also used as an archaic term for "nine" or "ten". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "aštuoni" (eight) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word "*aḱtṓu" meaning "eight". It is also related to the Latin word "octo" and the Greek word "ὀκτώ". |
| Luxembourgish | "Aacht" in Luxembourgish also refers to a figure-eight shape or a symbol representing infinity. |
| Macedonian | In old Church Slavonic and Proto-Slavic, "осум" means "moustache". |
| Malagasy | The word "valo" is a doublet, originating from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu and from the Proto-Austronesian *walu (meaning "eight"). |
| Malay | The word "lapan" in Malay also means "eight" in several other Austronesian languages, such as Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese. |
| Malayalam | The name "എട്ട്" (eṭṭ) is derived from the Dravidian word *eṭṭu, which also means "to be elevated" |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tmienja" is derived from the Arabic word "ثمانية" (thamanīyah), meaning "eight", and is cognate with the Spanish word "ocho" and the Portuguese word "oito." |
| Maori | "Waru" also refers to the number of stars in the Matariki star cluster and the number of people in a waka (canoe) crew. |
| Marathi | Its alternate meaning is "very much". |
| Mongolian | "Найм" is also used to refer to the direction "east" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "आठ" (eight) derives from Sanskrit and also refers to the eighth day of a lunar fortnight or the eighth month of the Hindu calendar. |
| Norwegian | Åtte is cognate with words like 'acht' in German and 'octa-' in Latin, derived from the Proto-Indo-European word for 'eight', '*h₃eḱt̥'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "eyiti" can also refer to a section of a traditional Nyanja (Chichewa) village, typically consisting of eight households. |
| Pashto | "اته" is also used in Pashto to denote "this much" or "up to eight". |
| Persian | The word "هشت" also means "heaven" or "sky" in Persian, likely due to the association between the number eight and infinity in Persian culture. |
| Polish | The word "osiem" also has an archaic meaning of "two", as in "osimnaście" (eighteen). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Oito is also used in Portuguese to refer to the eighth musical note in a diatonic scale. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਅੱਠ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'अष्ट' (aṣṭa), which also means 'eight'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "opt" is derived from the Latin "octo", meaning "eight", and is also sometimes used as a slang term for "plenty" or "a lot". |
| Russian | "Восьмерка" на сленге означает человека, который находится в состоянии сильного алкогольного опьянения. |
| Samoan | valu can also mean a group of eight, a cluster of bananas, an eight-legged centipede, or the eighth part of anything |
| Scots Gaelic | Ochd also means "eighth" as in a musical octave or the eighth hour. |
| Serbian | The word "осам" can also refer to the number 8 in card games, and the term "осамка" can mean a figure eight knot or a butterfly stroke in swimming. |
| Sesotho | Robeli is also used to refer to the eighth day of a month, the period of eight days in a lunar cycle, and the number of days in a week. |
| Shona | The word "sere" in Shona can also refer to a type of grass or a period of time |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "اٺ" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *oktṓw, meaning "eight", and is cognate with the English word "eight". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "අට" (eight) is a cognate of the Sanskrit word "अष्ट" (aṣṭa) and can also mean "a collection of eight items" or "a period of eight days" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | "Osem" can also mean "fate" or "destiny" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | Derived from Proto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European *oktṓu, which is possibly of Albanian or Basque origin. |
| Somali | The term "sideed" may also refer to a specific time of day, around dusk or dawn. |
| Spanish | The word "ocho" in Spanish is often used colloquially to refer to the number "eight" in a playful or affectionate way. |
| Sundanese | Dalapan derives from the Sanskrit "aṣṭau" (eight) via Javanese and has alternate forms "dalapanan" and "dalapan belas" (eighteen). |
| Swahili | In Kiswahili, the word "nane" also means "many" or "much". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "åtta" also means "very much" and is related to the English word "eight". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "walong" in Tagalog is sometimes used to refer to the "eighth" month of pregnancy or the "eighth" day of a nine-day novena. |
| Tajik | The word "ҳашт" in Tajik is derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian word "aštā", which also means "eight" in other Indo-European languages such as Sanskrit and Persian. |
| Tamil | எட்டு may also be used to mean "multitude". |
| Telugu | ఎనిమిది comes from the word "ఎనుము" which means "to increase" and "-డి" which means "ten". Therefore it means "two less than ten." |
| Thai | แปด is also used as the name of a type of small boat, a sail, a measure of distance, or a kind of musical instrument. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'sekiz' (eight) may derive from Old Turkic root 'sek' or Proto-Mongolic root 'jaki'. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, 'вісім' is derived from Proto-Slavic 'osĭmъ', and has the same root as 'один' (one), 'два' (two) and 'п'ять' (five). |
| Urdu | The word آٹھ can be traced back to the Prakrit word अट्ठ (aṭṭha), which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *oḱtṓw, meaning "eight". |
| Uzbek | The word "sakkiz" can also mean "gum" or "sweets" in Uzbek, derived from the Persian word "sakht" meaning "hard" or "solid". |
| Vietnamese | Tám comes from the Sino-Vietnamese word 八 (bát), but is also an address for older women in northern Vietnam similar to “Miss” or “Mrs”. |
| Welsh | "Wyth" in Welsh means "eight", and is also a homonym of the Welsh word for "wood" or "sapling". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "Sibhozo" not only means "eight" but also denotes a group of eight people or things. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish word אַכט ('eight') derives from Middle High German 'ahte,' Old High German 'ahto,' or Gothic 'ahtau,' and cognates are found in most Germanic languages, ultimately tracing back to Proto-Indo-European '*h₁oktṓw' ('eight'). |
| Yoruba | Although the Yoruba number "mẹjọ" most directly translates to "eight", the ordinal form of the term can be translated as both "eighth" or "fourteenth." |
| Zulu | The word "eziyisishiyagalombili" also means "eight" or "octad" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "eight" shares an etymological root with the Latin "octo" and the Greek "ὀκτώ" (oktṓ), meaning "eight". |